A&F Holdings
1.6
Tokyo, Japan
May 2026
Sports goods
Wholesale/Retail
Japan
Since our founding in 1977, A&F Corporation has grown alongside Japan's outdoor culture. By importing and distributing carefully selected outdoor and lifestyle gear from around the world, we connect people with nature through our nationwide retail stores and partner network. We see ourselves as contemporary outfitters — trusted curators of outdoor life and culture. We carefully select and introduce specialist brands from around the world that align with our values, bringing together high-quality gear that supports a wide range of outdoor experiences. Rather than simply selling products, we are committed to developing a deep understanding of how these products are used in the field and to sharing the heritage, craftsmanship, and passion behind each piece of gear. Serving customers across a wide range of outdoor activities and environments, we provide guidance that helps them venture into nature with confidence. Guided by our philosophy of choosing quality goods and caring for them for a lifetime, we promote a culture of repair and maintenance, offer products selected with environmental considerations in mind, and engage in initiatives that support local communities and the natural environment.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 9.9
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 31.0
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 17.1
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 22.5
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 7.3
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.